diff --git a/cloud/src/recycler/hdfs_accessor.cpp b/cloud/src/recycler/hdfs_accessor.cpp
index 1999bcfa16543a..024acd0efe7852 100644
--- a/cloud/src/recycler/hdfs_accessor.cpp
+++ b/cloud/src/recycler/hdfs_accessor.cpp
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ std::string extract_parent_path(const std::string& path) {
 }
 
 int HdfsAccessor::init() {
+    TEST_SYNC_POINT_RETURN_WITH_VALUE("HdfsAccessor::init.hdfs_init_failed", (int)-1);
     // TODO(plat1ko): Cache hdfsFS
     fs_ = HDFSBuilder::create_fs(info_.build_conf());
     if (!fs_) {
diff --git a/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp b/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp
index c7c9d8e0a02fe4..d8bbfa15fc01e1 100644
--- a/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp
+++ b/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp
@@ -1464,7 +1464,8 @@ int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const doris::RowsetMetaCloudPB& rs_meta
     return accessor->delete_files(file_paths);
 }
 
-int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaCloudPB>& rowsets) {
+int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaCloudPB>& rowsets,
+                                         RowsetRecyclingState type) {
     int ret = 0;
     // resource_id -> file_paths
     std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> resource_file_paths;
@@ -1472,7 +1473,9 @@ int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaClou
     std::vector<std::tuple<std::string, int64_t, std::string>> rowsets_delete_by_prefix;
 
     for (const auto& rs : rowsets) {
-        {
+        // we have to treat tmp rowset as "orphans" that may not related to any existing tablets
+        // due to aborted schema change.
+        if (type == RowsetRecyclingState::FORMAL_ROWSET) {
             std::lock_guard lock(recycled_tablets_mtx_);
             if (recycled_tablets_.count(rs.tablet_id())) {
                 continue; // Rowset data has already been deleted
@@ -1499,7 +1502,7 @@ int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaClou
         std::vector<std::pair<int64_t, std::string>> index_ids;
         // default format as v1.
         InvertedIndexStorageFormatPB index_format = InvertedIndexStorageFormatPB::V1;
-
+        int inverted_index_get_ret = 0;
         if (rs.has_tablet_schema()) {
             for (const auto& index : rs.tablet_schema().index()) {
                 if (index.has_index_type() && index.index_type() == IndexType::INVERTED) {
@@ -1519,12 +1522,12 @@ int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaClou
                 continue;
             }
             InvertedIndexInfo index_info;
-            int get_ret =
+            inverted_index_get_ret =
                     inverted_index_id_cache_->get(rs.index_id(), rs.schema_version(), index_info);
-            if (get_ret == 0) {
+            if (inverted_index_get_ret == 0) {
                 index_format = index_info.first;
                 index_ids = index_info.second;
-            } else if (get_ret == 1) {
+            } else if (inverted_index_get_ret == 1) {
                 // 1. Schema kv not found means tablet has been recycled
                 // Maybe some tablet recycle failed by some bugs
                 // We need to delete again to double check
@@ -1562,7 +1565,10 @@ int InstanceRecycler::delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaClou
                     file_paths.push_back(inverted_index_path_v1(tablet_id, rowset_id, i,
                                                                 index_id.first, index_id.second));
                 }
-            } else if (!index_ids.empty()) {
+            } else if (!index_ids.empty() || inverted_index_get_ret == 1) {
+                // try to recycle inverted index v2 when get_ret == 1
+                // we treat schema not found as if it has a v2 format inverted index
+                // to reduce chance of data leakage
                 file_paths.push_back(inverted_index_path_v2(tablet_id, rowset_id, i));
             }
         }
@@ -2028,7 +2034,7 @@ int InstanceRecycler::recycle_rowsets() {
         rowsets_to_delete.swap(rowsets);
         worker_pool->submit([&, rowset_keys_to_delete = std::move(rowset_keys_to_delete),
                              rowsets_to_delete = std::move(rowsets_to_delete)]() {
-            if (delete_rowset_data(rowsets_to_delete) != 0) {
+            if (delete_rowset_data(rowsets_to_delete, RowsetRecyclingState::FORMAL_ROWSET) != 0) {
                 LOG(WARNING) << "failed to delete rowset data, instance_id=" << instance_id_;
                 return;
             }
@@ -2225,7 +2231,7 @@ int InstanceRecycler::recycle_tmp_rowsets() {
             tmp_rowset_keys.clear();
             tmp_rowsets.clear();
         });
-        if (delete_rowset_data(tmp_rowsets) != 0) {
+        if (delete_rowset_data(tmp_rowsets, RowsetRecyclingState::TMP_ROWSET) != 0) {
             LOG(WARNING) << "failed to delete tmp rowset data, instance_id=" << instance_id_;
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.h b/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.h
index cf23dcacd2fdca..84e4075e61be8d 100644
--- a/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.h
+++ b/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.h
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ class Recycler {
     std::shared_ptr<TxnLazyCommitter> txn_lazy_committer_;
 };
 
+enum class RowsetRecyclingState {
+    FORMAL_ROWSET,
+    TMP_ROWSET,
+};
+
 class InstanceRecycler {
 public:
     explicit InstanceRecycler(std::shared_ptr<TxnKv> txn_kv, const InstanceInfoPB& instance,
@@ -222,7 +227,8 @@ class InstanceRecycler {
                            const std::string& rowset_id);
 
     // return 0 for success otherwise error
-    int delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaCloudPB>& rowsets);
+    int delete_rowset_data(const std::vector<doris::RowsetMetaCloudPB>& rowsets,
+                           RowsetRecyclingState type);
 
     /**
      * Get stage storage info from instance and init StorageVaultAccessor
diff --git a/cloud/test/recycler_test.cpp b/cloud/test/recycler_test.cpp
index 567d27f5d6f3c4..f47c50023b8219 100644
--- a/cloud/test/recycler_test.cpp
+++ b/cloud/test/recycler_test.cpp
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ TEST(RecyclerTest, recycle_indexes) {
                                   j & 1);
             auto tmp_rowset = create_rowset("recycle_tmp_rowsets", tablet_id, index_id, 5,
                                             schemas[j % 5], txn_id_base + j);
+            tmp_rowset.set_resource_id("recycle_indexes");
             create_tmp_rowset(txn_kv.get(), accessor.get(), tmp_rowset, j & 1);
         }
         for (int j = 0; j < 10; ++j) {
@@ -3132,7 +3133,7 @@ TEST(RecyclerTest, delete_rowset_data) {
 
             rowset_pbs.emplace_back(std::move(rowset));
         }
-        ASSERT_EQ(0, recycler.delete_rowset_data(rowset_pbs));
+        ASSERT_EQ(0, recycler.delete_rowset_data(rowset_pbs, RowsetRecyclingState::FORMAL_ROWSET));
         std::unique_ptr<ListIterator> list_iter;
         ASSERT_EQ(0, accessor->list_all(&list_iter));
         ASSERT_FALSE(list_iter->has_next());
@@ -3237,7 +3238,7 @@ TEST(RecyclerTest, delete_rowset_data_without_inverted_index_storage_format) {
 
             rowset_pbs.emplace_back(std::move(rowset));
         }
-        ASSERT_EQ(0, recycler.delete_rowset_data(rowset_pbs));
+        ASSERT_EQ(0, recycler.delete_rowset_data(rowset_pbs, RowsetRecyclingState::FORMAL_ROWSET));
         std::unique_ptr<ListIterator> list_iter;
         ASSERT_EQ(0, accessor->list_all(&list_iter));
         ASSERT_FALSE(list_iter->has_next());
@@ -3352,6 +3353,11 @@ TEST(RecyclerTest, init_vault_accessor_failed_test) {
         rs = resp->add_rowset_meta();
         rs->set_resource_id("success_vault");
     });
+    sp->set_call_back("HdfsAccessor::init.hdfs_init_failed", [](auto&& args) {
+        auto* ret = try_any_cast_ret<int>(args);
+        ret->first = -1;
+        ret->second = true;
+    });
     sp->enable_processing();
 
     // succeed to init MockAccessor